Selected by Hardcore Fans! A Masterpiece Selection of Virtual Bishoujo Nem Live Streams [Humanity Bishoujo Project]

This episode is full of significance and highlights, such as the fact that there are different types of Ba-bi-niku depending on motives and policies, the fact that examples of not hiding being a virtual bishoujo in physical reality have become known, the hope that the attempt to engineer "cuteness" as an interface for humans is becoming a research theme at national universities, jumius-san's cuteness, and the limits of Nem-san's reactions. The highlight is the

scene after 53 minutes and 01 seconds where jumius-san reveals the motive for becoming a virtual bishoujo. This exchange clearly shows the difference between Nem-san, who forcibly created a bishoujo in her own spirit from a state where she originally had no such inclination (or perhaps, among those who are bishoujo now, Nem-san might be the special case).

The significance of this video lies solely in drawing out Nem-san's statement that 'The V in VTuber is not the V in VR.' This is a more significant declaration than it appears, indicating that the practice of virtual characters, which continues from the moe anthropomorphism boom through Vocaloid to VTuber, is a flow of social, cultural, and psychological practice that is not bound by technology or media. It is also the philosophical axis that runs through Nem-san's activities to this day, and if you understand this one phrase, you understand everything about the Humanity Bishoujo Project.

As the title suggests, this is a stream to answer comments sent by listeners to commemorate the release of "Metaverse Evolution Theory." Many of the questions have already been answered in "Metaverse Evolution Theory," past Nem Channel videos, or Nem-san's Twitter, but through them, you can confirm that the core of Nem-san's activity concept has not changed even after entering social VR and going through the metaverse boom.

As a difference from before Nem-san's entry into social VR (before 2019 when she started streaming from VRChat), one can see the strengthening of the conviction that people will naturally arrive at being bishoujo in the metaverse without even using the term 'Humanity Bishoujo Project' (answer to a question from Houtai Shoujo mako-chan), and the acceptance of preserving one's self before becoming a bishoujo based on dividualism (answer to a question from Masaki Ito). These are likely the influence of having had many examples of self-expression and communication using bishoujo avatars in social VR, the relationship between the bishoujo and the physical reality self having stabilized (perhaps) as the activity history has become longer, and the increase in corporate and administrative projects. For me, I like bishoujo who become spontaneous by bracing themselves to accept the irreversible change in self-perception that is spoken of as being 'eaten' by a VTuber, but if we follow the reality of metaverse residents who are not doing it as a business, it is safer to interpret dividualism in a way close to Keiichiro Hirano's definition on the surface, as one of many aspects of the spirit residing in one body. I think starting to express the activity concept as 'becoming the self you want to be' is part of that.

I wrote at the beginning of the article that 'the content being discussed includes serious social reform arguments,' but for the Captain Leacher episode of the Shin-VR Drinking Party series, there is no serious content at all, and even if there were, Captain Leacher is speaking with slurred speech, so there is not much tension, and you can listen to it happily without using your head. Even so, Nem-san's way of carrying the conversation is a product of a different kind of intelligence than her usual streams, and the relentless pestering from the start, and the 'tendon' (running gag) signaled by 'I don't think the Captain would understand even if I said that,' are things that, as a third party, are always funny to hear (though I would hate to react as a party involved...).

The depth of language, particularly not its content but its form (the way of speaking), is something rarely discussed in social VR, which tends to be biased toward the stimulation of images and video. This conversation was the first project on the Nem Channel to make that the main theme(the 'This Self-Pub is Amazing! 2020 Special Interview' episode from March 2020 was a video that focused almost exclusively on the content). However, considering that language is the oldest and most powerful of the technologies that create virtual reality, I think it is only natural, and indeed necessary, for an author of Iketani-san's type to be involved with virtual culture. It is also a theme I personally enjoy.

The 'VR Ojisan's Heartbreak' episode didn't make it into the top 5 because I am more interested in the large-scale story of humanity's spiritual history than in individual human dramas, and it seemed like I wasn't able to fully draw out the reactions of 120-san and Nozomi N-san, who are both quite guarded. For the 120-san episode, I preferthis.